Andrew BARLOW of Bishop's Hill, Henry Co Illinois, was born Anders Berglof, a son of Anders BERGLOF and Anna LARSDOTTER.   He  was  born on February 19, 1830, at Ettngbo, Ostervala Parish, Sweden.   He was a journeyman tailor, received his passport at Vasteras on July 25, 1850, and came to America on the ship Con- dor from  Gavle, Sweden.

He arrived in America on  November 09, 1850, and changed his name to Andrew BARLOW.

"The  first  two generations  of  this  family usually  used  the  name Barley;  later generations generally used Barlow.    The reason  for  this  is  not  known,  nor  is  it  known  if  they were originally Barleys or Barlows,  although  the  name  Barley  was  sometimes  used  early  in  Lancashire, England,  as an alternative form of Barlow." 

Gordon Barlow  of  the West Indies writes of  the descendants of  HENRY BARLEY/BARLOW

"This  branch of  the  family  migrated  to  Australia  in 1910.   I am an Australian descendant of  one  of  the English branches,  from the Oldham Thomas Barlow on Pedigree #6 of  Sir Montague Barlow's book." 

John Lindsey  and  Bev Bisaro writes of  the  family of   William Barley of  Suffolk England.    William, a  con- victed  criminal,  was transported to  Australia, where his family later relocated    At least  one child, William (1826 - 1898)  used  the  surname  "Barlow".

In  the  May 1995  issue of   Barlow of Barlow Newsletter,  an  article  written  by  Douglas  T. Barlow  of  the family of  Thomas Barlow of Franklin County, New York;  an extraction taken from that article reads:

"Henry of Attercliffe,  who  called  himself  Barley and  who died in 1589, had quite a few descendents in the Sheffield  area,  particularly  the  famous  cutlers who  made the  Barlow knives.  One of his descendents was a  Lieutenant Colonel  William BARLOW  (1710-1790) who served forty-six years in the army and retired to a place near Newton-in-the-Willows in Yorkshire."

Various  other  records  found in the Barlow Clearinghouse, list Barley's, but without any proof that they are, or are ever have been a part of the Barlow families.

Theodor Barlage  aka  Theodore Barlow  was  born  in  Essen  in  Oldenburg (Germany)  on  May 22, 1805  to Johann  Theodore Barlage & Catharina Maria Moorkamp.    He  married according to the Cinncinati  Catholic  Telegraph as Theodore Borlaci to  Elizabeth  Parker on February 05, 1834  by Bishop Purcell.   She soon died; he then married a Dorothea Nippgen in Dayton in 1838.

Theodore  became  a  Barlow on  all  other  references  to  him  except  for  some  entries  in the  two German churches he was involved with in Dayton.

Susan Gardiner  writes of her descendant:

Henry Phillip Barlow  was born March 14, 1845, in Howesville, Preston Co West Virginia and  died December 05, 1892,  also  in Howesville to parents, John Hendrick Barlow and Mary Catherine Filerman.  John  Hend- rick Barlow was born around 1820 in Hannover, Germany.  Their name was changed from Barlage. 

The Germanna Barlows descend  from Christopher Parlur or Parler, a last name that evolved into Barlow.  A general  version is that Christopher and wife,  Pavera (Barbara), came over on a ship believed to be the Scott.

It was  supposedly bound  for Pennsylvania in 1717  (perhaps  arriving  in  late  winter 1718,  depending on what  calendar  you  use)  with several  families  from a  large area generally west of  a line from Stuttgart to
Heilbronn.   The  captain,  Andrew  Tarbett,  was detained in  debtors prison  in London,  which  delayed the trip.  It is believed Tarbett had conspired in advance to deliver the Germans to Virginia, which  he eventually did.

This group became known as members  of  Germanna Colony II,  as an earlier group had arrived and lived in an area to  the east of  Culpeper.   Many  of  the second colony,  ended up  in an area near  Madison, south of Culpeper.   A focal point for many of them was the Hebron  Lutheran Church  in  Madison, which still stands and is  still  used.  Of course, from there, they migrated everywhere.

An excellent resource for the Germanna colonies is at: 

Additionally,  historian  John Blankenbaker,  a  Germanna  descendant,  writes  almost daily historical notes about  the colonies.   The daily notes are posted on the Germanna List Serve, and the archive is at: 

If  you  search for Barlow,  you will  find a  listing of  all the notes that  references to the  Barlow line, whose time and home in Germany are a mystery

"Although  there  are  many problems and puzzles in  tracing any  line  back to the immigrant ancestors,  one puzzle is solved in the case of the Parlur/Barlow  family of early Culpepper Co Virginia.   This BARLOW line is not related to any of the English Barlow families. 

According  to Star W. Rowland of  Sterling Virginia, Christopher Parlur/ Barlow and his wife, Pavera, came to Spotsylvania Co Viriginia in 1717, passengers in a ship load of Germans bound for William Penn's new colony of Pennsylvania.......... 
......some changes  in  the name such as Parlur, Barler, Barlor, Beriet and Barlow...all appear in various deed
books by the early 1800's.....

See also: 
A complete index to the line of  these Germanna families  as known to the Barlow Clearinghouse, many with documentation, and references to the findings.